Overview
Acronym
NPR
Type of information
Registry data
URL of the data source
Description
The Norwegian Patient Registry contains information on everyone who is referred for or has received specialized healthcare at a hospital, outpatients' clinic or from contract specialists.
Governance and legal framework
FOR-2007-12-07-1389
Funding
Based at Norwegian Directorate of Health
Free keywords
Hospitals
Outpatient
health care
Specialised health care
secondary health care
Topics
Health systems » Health system performance » Access » Health care coverage;
Health systems » Health system performance » Quality » Care
Demographics
Country(ies):
GEO coverage
Nuts 3
Target Population
General population
Age range
From 0 years to 120 years
Sex
Both
Dataset
Data Collection Period
From 01 January 1997 - Ongoing
Language(s)
English,
Norwegian
Updating Periodicity
Annually
Personal Identifier
National identifier
Level of aggregation
Individual
Terms of data access - URL
Linkage possible
Yes
Contact
Data Owner(s)
Norwegian Directorate of Health
Contact name
Switchboard
Contact e-mail
helseregistre@helsedir.no
Contact info (address)
Helsedirektoratet, postboks 220, Skøyen, 0213 Oslo
Updated on 23 February 2023